廣弘明集 13.154

13.154

通人曰。縱使有道不能自生。從自然出。道本自然則道有所待。既因他有。即是無常。故老子云。人法地。地法天。天法道。道法自然。王弼之言。天地王道並不相違。故稱法也。自然無稱窮極之辭。道是智慧靈知之號。用智不及無智。有形不及無形。道是有義。不及自然之無義也。

The Master of Penetrating Insight said: "Even granting that the Dao exists, it cannot produce itself; it emerges from spontaneity (ziran). Since the Dao is rooted in spontaneity, the Dao relies on something else. Being dependent on an other, it is impermanent. Therefore Laozi said: 'Man models himself on Earth; Earth models itself on Heaven; Heaven models itself on the Dao; the Dao models itself on spontaneity.' In Wang Bi's words, Heaven, Earth, king, and Dao do not contradict one another, which is why it is called 'modeling.' 'Spontaneity' is a term for the ultimate, having no designation. 'Dao' is the name for wisdom and spiritual knowledge. Employing wisdom does not match having no wisdom; having form does not match having no form. 'Dao' has the sense of existence, and does not match the non-existence of spontaneity."